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Excl: Theresa May becomes first Tory leader in 185 years to face a grassroots vote to oust her. PM was told today that an association chairmen's petition has succeeded and Emergency General Meeting will be triggered in June (1/3)
thesun.co.uk/news/8966455/t…
Another unwanted record for May: the 1st time in Conservative Party’s 185 year history (since its foundation in 1834) that members have forced an EGM to discuss the leadership. Date will be set after local elections, with 28 days notice. Expected early-mid June (2/3)
May has been invited to address the EGM of 800 senior activists, which is likely to become a humiliating public trial, coming just after the twin local and euro elections drubbings. Vote will be non-binding, but losing it will be very hard for PM to survive (3)
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Tom Newton Dunn
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Here it is. May goes short - requests a new Brexit delay from ⁦@eucopresident⁩, but only until June 30 this year.
A big but: PM also announces UK will hold European Parliament elections on May 23 if no exit before then. So, she’s discreetly allowing the EU to impose a much longer flextension than June 30, without the political strength to ask for one herself. Very May-ist.
Remember, June 30 is the extension May also asked for two weeks ago. The EU27 threw that out within an hour, and put May in a room without windows for 5 hours until they came up with their own plan. Expect exactly the same again in Brussels next Weds.
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Tom Newton Dunn
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Looks like Steve Barclay will resign next week if the deal falls at MV3 and PM applies for a longer delay. He makes it clear he won’t support that... so she’ll need a 4th Brexit Secretary.
Barclay’s words here also directly contradict No10 last night (and @DLidington this morning) who insisted the whole Cabinet have agreed to back PM’s two delay plan, despite the free vote.
And if Barclay goes, how can Cairns, Fox, Grayling, Leadsom, Mordaunt, Truss and Williamson stay on with any personal integrity intact, having also protested against the policy last night?
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Tom Newton Dunn
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I’m told Fox, Williamson and Barclay plus half the whips office is curently in the No Lobby, voting AGAINST their own PM’s motion.
Confirmed: Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay voted AGAINST the PM's motion he had just spoken from the Despatch Box in favour of to close the debate. Go figure.
Wow. A total of eight Cabinet ministers (Steve Barclay, Alun Cairns, Liam Fox, Chris Grayling, Andrea Leadsom, Penny Mordaunt, Lis Truss and Gavin Williamson) plus 188 Tory MPs in total voted against PM's motion to delay Brexit - close to two thirds of all her MPs.
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